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There are very few globally successful rock bands with at least 10 songs that even the most casual music fans could name.Aside from The Beatles, Queen is the most successful band in world history, having surpassed Led Zeppelin’s total certified units with over 190 million at least sold worldwide.Now we’ve ranked the Top 10 songs written by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon, which was no easy feat given the number of absolute bangers Queen have produced over the decades.Check out Express.co.uk’s ranking below, which doesn’t have Bohemian Rhapsody or another song penned by Freddie as No 1.

Fans have been left thrilled after finding out that a Queen album has had a major revamp.Queen guitarist Brian May took to social media to share the news, posting: "Listen to ‘The Night Comes Down,’ the first new Queen track from the upcoming 2024 remixed and remastered album; Queen I!"His followers have since expressed their excitement and shared similar reactions. One person said: “So beautiful & sends chills throughout. Thank you, Brian/ Roger & Official queenmusic. for bringing these songs back. Oh, such wonderful memories."Another fan added: “Was so beautiful & hearing Freddie gave me chills. Thanks for all these memories & fixing them over for fans to purchase," [sic]. A third chimed in: “One of beautiful underrated Queen’s songs.”Queen's 1973 debut album has been ...

Earlier this week, Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor announced that their debut album Queen I has been remastered and remixed to finally sound how they, Freddie Mercury and John Deacon wanted it to.If that wasn’t enough the 77-year-old rocker has a special treat for fans this afternoon in a half-century first.In a new Instagram video, he said: “Hi folks, this is me giving you no notice whatsoever because I don’t know what’s going on, but the new video for The Night Comes Down, was only just finished last night will be available for viewing at 2pm today… apologies for not giving you a heads up.“The track is something I’m incredibly proud of. I wrote it, what is it 50 years ago? Maybe a bit more than 50 years ago. It’s taken all this time for it to become a single and a video as well, so I’m...

Olly Murs, the British pop sensation who first captured our hearts on X Factor in 2009, is taking his career to new heights.The 40 year old star from Witham, Essex, has just announced a brand new headline tour set for 2025.He'll be hitting the road and performing at some of the UK's biggest venues including the M&S Bank Arena, the O2 Arena and Cardiff's Utilita Arena - among others.And he won't be alone - iconic British boyband Blue will be joining him as support for his nationwide tour in April and May 2025.Tickets for the 16-date tour are on sale right now, and we've got all the details you need to get your hands on them before they sell out.Olly Murs tickets are out right now, after being released Friday, September 13, 2024, at 10am. These tickets are available for every UK date ...

Hans Zimmer has become one of the most iconic and most celebrated composers in the world.With soundtracks and scores in the likes of Gladiator, the Dune series, the Batman series and more, his work is unparalleled.Now, the Germany musician is heading out on tour across Europe and into the UK in November and December 2025 on his new tour: The Next Level.Once he hits Great Britain he'll be playing five of the country's biggest arenas, including London's O2 Arena, Manchester's Co-op Live and Glasgow's OVO Hydro.Tickets are out very soon, and we've got all the information you need on how to get involved today.Hans Zimmer tickets will be released for his UK tour from Thursday, September 26, 2024, at 1pm.These general onsale tickets will be available to everyone who wants to purchase them. As...

Linkin Park stopped the presses earlier this month when they confirmed the incredible news that they are back.The iconic rock back from the early 2000s were on an extended - almost indefinite - hiatus after the tragic death of their singer, Chester Bennington.Everything has now changed, however. Emily Armstrong has been named as the band's new singer, a new album (From Zero) is on the way, and a world tour will be taking place this month.Included in the tour line-up is one night in the UK; London, the O2 Arena, on September 24, 2024. However, when tickets were released on Friday, September 13, 2024, they predictably sold out almost instantly.As a result, some fans have been buying and selling tickets on resale websites ever since. Here's the breakdown of where you can get your tickets n...

The Beatles may have broken up over half a century ago but now Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr and the estates of the late great John Lennon and George Harrison have made a huge announcement that is 60 years in the making.For the first time in decades, the Fab Four are bringing their 1964 US albums together for a new mono vinyl box set to celebrate six decades of Beatlesmania.Originally compiled for US release between January 1964 and March 1965, seven iconic Beatles albums have been analogue cut for 180-gram audiophile vinyl from their original mono master tapes to release globally on November 22.Meet The Beatles!, The Beatles’ Second Album, A Hard Day’s Night, Something New, The Beatles’ Story, Beatles ’65 and The Early Beatles have been out of print on vinyl for almost 30 years.T...

Madonna was a controversial pop figure in the 1980s (Image: Getty)When the music video for Madonna’s Like A Prayer premiered on MTV in the spring of 1989, pop shifted on its axis. The singer, then 30, had form for shocking the world. She wore crucifixes – “because there’s a naked man on them” – and on the cover of her second album, Like A Virgin, her skirt was belted with a buckle that read “Boy Toy”.But Like A Prayer took shock to a different level.Even 35 years later, the video is quite something. It starts with her witnessing a murder, for which a young black man is wrongly arrested. Seeking refuge in a church, she watches a wax saint come to life and turn into the arrested man.They kiss and, in the throes of religious ecstasy, Madonna picks up a knife and stigmata appear on her palm...

Following Freddie Mercury’s untimely death in November 1991, Queen bassist John Deacon couldn’t see the point of the band carrying on, knowing it was impossible to replace their frontman.The 70-year-old retired from the music industry 27 years ago and lives a quiet life in South-West London, but was still convinced to perform with Brian May and Roger Taylor three more times in the early 1990s.There was the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992, a charity concert with the Queen drummer in 1993 and finally the opening of the Béjart Ballet in Paris on January 17, 1997, which he really struggled to get through.A previous episode of Queen the Greatest below looks back at Queen’s collaboration with French ballet legend Maurice Béjart, who approached the band about a show inspired by the liv...

When we asked Sir Brian if he and Queen drummer Roger Taylor are still in touch with Deacon, he replied: “We’re not, it’s John’s choice. He doesn’t want to be, he wants to be left alone. That’s his choice and I think he needs that. The 77-year-old guitarist said how Deacon hasn’t withdrawn out of spite or anything, as they never fell out. Sir Brian continued: “It’s just that he needs to have his privacy; you have to respect that.”Of course, Deacon remains a Queen business partner with the two remaining active members of the band. He added: “All I know is, he’s okay about it. If he wasn’t okay, we would know. That’s the arrangement we have.”Meanwhile, Roger said of Deacon: “He’s still obviously our sort of business partner in a way; our silent business partner. He enjoys the financial re...